Whenever he was in a bad mood, coming here seemed to be the best way to adjust his mood. The girl's every smile and her indomitable spirit in the face of setbacks greatly inspired him.
Before nightfall, Qi Guze left again.
Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Everyone has to admire Xu Yuehuai.
How amazing she is! She had the foresight to buy a lot of grain back then, and now the price of grain is constantly changing and rising.
Three days later, the imperial court dispatched officers and soldiers to guard the border. Military orders were absolute, and soldiers had to purchase military pay before they could set off.
The national treasury doesn't have much military pay right now, and the old rice and flour have become infested with worms. The court can only search for it in the streets, but the rice shops in every household have also run out of food. As a result, Prince Anping got a recommendation from Princess Anning: "Xu Yuehuai? That cook?"
The Prince of Anping was surprised.
The young princess laughed, "Father, don't judge a book by its cover. She's a cook, but she's also a shrewd businesswoman who does an excellent job. Before, when she came to our house, she said she had bought a lot of grains and predicted that the price of grains would rise. Now she's proven right."
"You mean, buy grain from her?" Prince Anping shook his head. "How much grain could a girl like her possibly have?"
"It can still weigh seven or eight thousand catties."
The young princess said.
This solved Prince Anping's urgent problem.
The imperial court has recently issued repeated orders for him to prepare grain. As a prince, he cannot rob or coerce others into doing business with him, especially since everyone is now living in fear.
Once everyone knows that food prices will continue to rise, people will definitely not sell to him anymore.
This left Prince Anping anxious.
This news was like rain after a long drought. Soon, the carriage of Prince Anping arrived at Xu Yuehuai's residence. In fact, it was Anning who brought this meeting together.
In fact, Xu Yuehuai had long anticipated that he and Prince Anping would meet today.
Seeing Xu Yuehuai and her subordinates bustling about, Prince Anping sat down opposite them.
“I’m a roughneck, unlike Qi Guze. Let’s not beat around the bush today. Let’s get straight to the point. How much grain do you have? Give me some. I’ll buy it at market price. The court needs it.”
How much do you need?
Xu Yuehuai looked at Prince Anping.
This was the first time in her life that she had done business with the imperial court.
There will be countless times in the future.
"It would require at least tens of thousands."
Xu Yuehuai got up and made tea for Prince Anping. "As long as the price is good, everything is negotiable." Xu Yuehuai had been making preparations quietly ever since she learned about the flood.
She not only filled the backyard storerooms to the brim, but also dug a basement to store grain. This was just the initial plan. Xu Yuehuai also rented the neighboring mansion and did the same, filling it with grain as well.
Prince Anping thought the girl didn't have one, but Xu Yuehuai smiled.
"have!"
Prince Anping looked her up and down. "Little girl, I am a prince. This is a business deal, not casual conversation. It will be terrible if you can't produce the goods later."
Xu Yuehua nodded.
"As long as you have the money, I will prepare the grain. I won't play tricks on you." Xu Yuehuai agreed on a date to deliver the grain.
Later, a quartermaster came to the Prince of Anping's side.
After the man handed over the goods to Xu Yuehuai, countless carriages arrived quickly, and they hauled grain out of Xu Yuehuai's warehouse.
Xu Yuehuai was overjoyed to receive the silver.
When Xu Yuehuai hoarded grain, everyone was puzzled. Now that all of Xu Yuehuai's grain has been sold, the money should have been used to buy more grain. But the reality is... Xu Yuehuai not only didn't buy any grain, but instead took out a geomantic map to look at. San Niang and Zhou Wan couldn't keep up with his leaps of thought.
Xu Yuehuai explained it himself.
“Everyone wants to stock up on food lately, so everyone needs money. Business is slow for all kinds of shops. But this is the time for us to take over the shops. We have the right to negotiate with them. Once the shops are open, we can continue to buy food.”
This is Xu Yuehuai's overall plan.
Sometimes, I have to reveal some things to everyone.
Zhou Wan and San Niang both knew how capable she was and understood that Xu Yuehuai always had foresight in everything she did, so they immediately nodded in agreement.
The three of them wandered around Zhuque Street for a long time before finally finding a huge hotel. The hotel was in dire straits and was close to closing down. Xu Yuehuai negotiated a deal and bought the hotel for a price that was neither too high nor too low.
The money is still a little short.
Xu Yuehuai used grain to offset the debt, which naturally delighted the people. After the transfer of ownership was completed, everyone began to make preparations, but everyone was terrified because of the recent tense situation. Some people even spread rumors that the capital was about to be attacked and destroyed.
This made everyone nervous.
Due to the food shortage, people rarely went out to eat and drink, which gave Xu Yuehuai the opportunity and time to research new dishes, while those who were sent out to sell cold drinks every day returned dejected.
It can be said that Xu Yuehuai has had no income recently.
But that didn't matter; the price of grain skyrocketed.
Recently, Xu Yuehuai sold grain again. She told everyone, "We are merchants. Merchants do all kinds of business, otherwise they wouldn't be human."
Xu Yuehuai wasn't greedy. He sold off all the grain in his mansion, even the house, after the grain price was below market price.
This strategy is once again astonishing.
Xu Yuehuai chuckled to himself, "If we continue to be arrogant, we'll only get ourselves into trouble. Someone must have been watching us for a while now. The houses have already been sold, let's see what they do."
Xu Yuehuai is absolutely right.
On the second night after the house was sold, robbers came to the manor. They dug up the entire house, but found not a single sack of grain.
The robbers tied up the homeowner.
"Tell us! Where is the grain? We've been keeping an eye on you, and we've seen grain coming and going from here every day. Why is there none today?"
The landlord was so frightened that he wet himself and hurriedly explained, "Please spare my life, my lord! Xu Yuehuai has already sold the house to me. I bought it because the price was low. As for the grain and such, I know nothing about it."
No matter how much the bandits threatened or bribed the landlord, he insisted that there was no food left. Only then did the bandits realize that Xu Yuehuai had pulled off a clever escape.
Just when everyone thought Xu Yuehuai would take a short rest.
She...she actually opened a shop again.
Having already opened two stores, I'm quite adept at it now.
In fact, in the capital city, the store decoration does not need to be too extravagant.
This perfectly aligns with Xu Yuehuai's minimalist aesthetic principles.
The design is based on natural wood tones and has a strong sense of artistry and design. Xu Yuehuai supervised the design from beginning to end.
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